Key: D major
Intro 1
D
A
G
D
Bm
F#m
E
A
D
Verse 1
A
He was
not my father's brother
G
D
But he wished that he could be
F#m
cle
C#m
A
D
And we would be his family
Verse 2
D
Bm
Dad Dad had brought him
D
Verse 3
family business
G
D
Building fences in the sun
Bm
F#m
And worked just like a man of twenty
C#m
D
Till the working day was done
Verse 4
evening
G
D
Sitting in lawn, chairs in the yard
Bm
F#m
Where they'd drink a toast to
C#m
Seagram's
Verse 5
Bm
D
We'll get Don to make the coffee
Verse 6
F#m
E
D
Maybe this time you will win
Bm
F#m
Buy a trailer by the river
C#m
D
And you won't have to work again
A
G
D
Bm
F#m
E
C#m
Verse 7
D
the workroom
G
D
With a mattress on the floor
Bm
F#m
When one night I heard him crying
C#m
D
As I passed outside his door
Verse 8
G
D
Rita, darling, please don't go
Bm
F#m
I've tried hard to make you happy
C#m
D
I've done everything I know"
Verse 9
G
D
The tipping up and putting down
Bm
F#m
Heard the rustling of the covers
C#m
D
And then he did not make a sound
Verse 10
G
D
Standing sternly by his side
Bm
F#m
All the years of hanging in there
C#m
D
And all the emptiness inside
Verse 11
A
G
D
Have children of their own
F#m
C#m
D
Winds Winds up living so alone
Verse 12
Bm
D
We'll get Don to make the coffee
Verse 13
F#m
E
D
Maybe this time you will win
Bm
F#m
Buy a trailer by the river
C#m
D
And you won't have to work again
A
G
D
Bm
F#m
E
C#m
D
Outro 1
Work again
A
G
D
Bm
F#m
E
C#m
D
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